Introducción: La comunicación en salud nos ha demostrado ser de vital importancia para conseguir cambios en los comportamientos individuales y sociales de las personas. Objetivo: diseñar un plan de comunicación en salud dirigido a adultos mayores con diabetes mellitus para que obtengan conocimientos que le permitan vislumbrar la importancia de conocer los beneficios de los comportamientos saludables para un mejor control de la enfermedad. Método: se realizó una investigación de desarrollo tecnológico, se emplearon métodos del nivel teórico y del nivel empírico, en el Policlínico universitario “Hermanos Cruz” de Pinar del Río, en el primer trimestre de 2013. Resultados: se cometió el diagnóstico de la situación, se establecieron los comportamientos saludables que debía seguir la audiencia, se formularon los objetivos de conocimiento y comportamientos saludables e igualmente se realizó la definición de los mecanismos de monitoreo y evaluación. Conclusiones: se elaboró y propuso un plan de comunicación en salud dirigido a adultos mayores con diabetes mellitus, teniendo en cuenta los objetivos de conocimiento y comportamientos saludables, ofreciendo apreciando la importancia del mismo para la educación a adultos mayores con diabetes mellitus. El eslogan de los mensajes permite cumplir con el objetivo comportamental y de conocimiento que posee el mismo a partir de las actividades propuestas.

Errors in the prescription of drug treatment for type 2 diabetes are detected at the primary level of care. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the prescription of oral hypoglycemic agents in patients attended in the family doctor's offices of the Hermanos Cruz University Polyclinic, Pinar del Río distrit, Cuba. A descriptive and cross-sectional study of the use of medications was carried out, classified within these as indication-prescription with elements of the therapeutic scheme and factors that condition prescription habits. The universe was made up of 1575 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with oral hypoglycemic agents who belonged to the 20 family medical offices. The study sample was carried out by the non-probabilistic sampling method (for convenience) (n = 846). The information was obtained from the clinical history and control card of the patients to acquire these medications. The age of 40-49 years, the female sex and between 5-10 years of evolution of the disease predominated. The first line of treatment was not used in 43.6% of the cases; no case had laboratory studies for the use of Metformin. The prescription and dose was adequate, but not its rational use. The most frequent interactions were pharmacokinetic ones. The rational use of oral hypoglycemic agents was deficient, which makes it necessary to expand the dissemination of a treatment protocol to improve the use of these drugs at the primary level of care.

The objective of this study was to characterize the prescription of anxiolytic medications used in the institutionalized elderly population at the Pinar del Río Nursing Home during 2017. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out, with retrospective data collection, on the prescription of anxiolytic medications in the population of institutionalized older adults in the Nursing Home, the form of use of the medications, their indication and prescription with elements of the therapeutic scheme was analyzed and factors that condition prescription habits. We worked with the universe (U = 98) of the study, which was made up of the total number of institutionalized patients who were consuming anxiolytics. Individual medical records were reviewed and a data collection model was created. The drug most consumed by older adults was nitrazepam (41.8%), this in turn being the most consumed by males, not so for females, which turned out to be chlorodiazepoxide (64.6%), the group The most prevalent age group was 60-69 years, likewise widowers and primary educational level, 79.5% of the elderly consume other drugs that have pharmacokinetic interaction. The professional who indicated the most was the family doctor, the prescription and intervals between doses were adequate, the prescription was considered non-rational. The prescription of anxiolytics in the population under study decreases as age increases, the most consumers are those of the male sex and those institutionalized due to family abandonment, this points to the need to continue working from the primary level of care since that is where these elders come from.

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